OET interlinear GAL 3:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὕτως ἀνόητοι ἐστέ Ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι νῦν σαρκί ἐπιτελεῖσθε)

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form to emphatically express his surprise. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [You are very foolish!] or [Don’t be so foolish!] or [Surely you cannot be so foolish!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι, νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὕτως ἀνόητοι ἐστέ Ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι νῦν σαρκί ἐπιτελεῖσθε)

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form to guide the Galatian believers thinking about what they are doing. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἐναρξάμενοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὕτως ἀνόητοι ἐστέ Ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι νῦν σαρκί ἐπιτελεῖσθε)

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [Having begun the Christian life] or [Having begun your new relationship with God]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

σαρκὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Οὕτως ἀνόητοι ἐστέ Ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι νῦν σαρκί ἐπιτελεῖσθε)

Paul is describing the actions people do while in their body by association with their body, which he calls flesh. Here, flesh refers to a reliance on one’s own effort in doing outward deeds and doing these actions with a self-sufficient and self-reliant trust in them instead of trusting in God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use plain language. Alternate translation: [by your own effort]